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No one saw this coming. No one.

Bummed though I am about the loss, Boston's second goal mmlol, irl. "Oh God oh God oh God, where's the ******* puck?!?! Where is it?!?! Where did it ******* g--oh. Hey. There it is. How about tha--NOOOOOOO!!!!!"

I was just gonna say - Is it me, or does he spend pretty much the entirety of every single game away from the play (i.e. cherry-picking)?

Can someone .GIF Cleary running into the goal post?

What was with Quenneville breathing fire on Crawford?

HELL. *******. YES.

Great kill, boys.

No more derp-derp. Seriously.

Hey, lets be cute with the puck. We need more cuteness.

Wake the f*** up, Wings.

The thing I don't get about "Edzo" is, he actually seems like a really good guy* - when he's not calling a game on NBC. *Based mostly on his on-air convos with Steve and E.J. on NHL Live, or whatever it's called. I assume it's the former player, competitor in him. And/or NBC tells him to "sex it up," or whatever.

I loved Pierre's remember-those-saves-because-they-could-be-huge-later (+ Emrick mindlessly agreeing).

Dear Chicago Blackhaws, Suck it. Sincerely, The Good Guys

Smith has to cost us at least one goal per game. It's in the Bible. Really.

Is Tracey Myers really hot, or do I just really miss my gf? (Go Wings)

Pulling the goalie to negate a penalty, in the closing seconds - and scoring! to tie it up and send it to overtime, and winning in double. Don't think I'd ever seen that before. Really effing awsm. Also, what was with that play where Orpik kinda-sorta pushed whats-his-face into the boards? Is it just me, or was that not even borderline scary/dangerous/reckless, despite every talking head in the world trying to make it into This Big Thing (e.g. Katherine Tapperin, or however you say her name - "...pushing him into the boards...") I mean, there was some Grade-A (or F) thuggery in the game, e.g. Karlsson slashing Cooke's stick with his face. Talk about that stuff.

What I don't get is, Crawford got smoked last season, in the first round. And so, going into this season, everyone was all "Goaltending's a real question mark (because of what happened last season, in the first round)." And, about one game into the season, everyone decides, "Oh, hey, goaltending's not an issue. Phew." And, like, Kevin Weekes verbally fellating this team a few weeks ago, basically saying, "They've proven last season - the first round - was a fluke. They're going all the way this season, absolutely no question whatsoever." Which, ok, is maybe not so hard to understand. But, I dunno, where I come from, the regular season really doesn't mean anything. Nor does smoking the eighth-seeded Minnesota Wild (and their backup goalie, and their backup goalie's backup goalie) in th first round. ("Man, I really wasn't sure about these guys, but now that they've beaten the Wild in five games, I'm all in, baby.") And then, y'know, that ridiculous Sports Illustrated thing...

Hossa > Franzen

Sure they did. I mean, don't get me wrong - I'm not saying we didn't flat-out own this game. We did. And it was Glorious. But we definitely had a little "help." Unrelated note: It's called puck-possession, Patrick, and you damn well now you learned it from us. Not that he doesn't know that. But, well, point is: he's a ****** bag. EDIT: Oh, come on, guys... And Babcock wasn't all over that lineseman re: that icing call?

There was one play where Hank knocked Tayz down from behind, and kinda crosschecked him in the head on his way down, then pushed him down when he tried to get up, then pushed him down again. The zebras were very much on our side this afternoon.

NHL FTW!!1

Worth noting: that was the real Wings. When they all show up to play, and they've got a chip on their collective shoulders, and they stick to their systems, and they remember to take their chill pills during the second intermission, etc. - that is what you get. That is what they could be every game.

I can't believe the complete dom-sub role reversal. We played a fantastic game.

This. Is awesome.

I really like the last three posts. Also, hey, did you guys know Quenneville was one of Marc Crawford's assistant cronies coaches in '95-'96? So I guess he sort of has beaten the Wings in the playoffs.